Can I Be Compensated For Repetitive Stress Injuries?

All Workplace Injuries Are Serious Injuries

Most people don't think of carpal tunnel and lower back injuries as "serious" injuries. Usually head trauma, paralysis and related injuries are considered more serious than repetitive stress injuries.

Any injury that prevents you from working is a serious injury because it could keep you from earning the income you need to provide for yourself and your family.

At Gillick, Wicht, Gillick & Graf, we can help. Our lawyers represent clients in all aspects of their workers' compensation claims. From our Milwaukee home office, we have been handling workers' comp claims since 1948. With office hours throughout Wisconsin, we provide exceptional service and dedicated litigation for workers who have suffered repetitive stress injuries.

Types Of Repetitive Stress Injuries

Back problems: Many jobs involve heavy lifting, frequent stretching and strain on the back or remaining in the same uncomfortable position for long periods of time. This often results in serious and debilitating back injuries. Even jobs that involve relatively light lifting can lead to serious back problems. If you are lifting a mere 20 pounds at a rate of three times per minute, that amounts to 144,000 pounds a week and 7,200,000 pounds per year, an extraordinary toll on the human body. Nurses, Certified Nurses Aids and others in the medical profession are often called upon to lift people twice their size with some frequency. As a result, medical professionals are often afflicted with serious back problems.

Neck problems: Office jobs that involve sitting at a desk in front of a computer for long periods of time are the most common jobs that cause neck problems. Other frequent causes of neck problems involve falls from heights as in construction accidents and frequent excessive vibration, as one would experience operating a jack hammer or similar equipment.

Knee and shoulder problems: Knee and shoulder replacements are common today, often resulting from frequent ladder climbing, jobs requiring a lot of bending and stretching and staying in awkward positions for extended times. Construction work, factory work, truck driving and related occupations frequently lead to knee and shoulder problems.

These are just a few of the types of injuries people suffer from repetitive motions. Many people worry that their injuries might not have been caused exclusively from their work, so they neglect to file a claim. It is important to know that your job does not need to be the only factor causing your injuries. It only needs to be one contributing factor for you to be eligible for compensation.

Many repetitive stress injury cases occur later in workers' careers. Often, a worker will be perfectly healthy, then late in their career or after retirement they realize they are facing degenerative joint injuries or other serious complications. We can help you through the challenge of establishing the severity of your injuries and connecting them with your work so you can obtain the compensation you need.

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Contact Gillick, Wicht, Gillick & Graf

Call us right away at 414-395-5813 or contact us online to schedule a free consultation with an experienced lawyer from our firm. We take workers' compensation claims on contingency, so you will not pay any attorney fees until we are successful.

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We offer free consultations and our fees are contingency based, so you will not pay anything until we obtain compensation for you. In addition to our home office in Milwaukee, we have regular office hours throughout Wisconsin. Call us at 414-395-5813 or email us to schedule your free initial consultation.

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